Herbert Hoover actually said...

The essence of this proposition is to give time to permit debtor governments to recover their national prosperity.

Message to the Congress on United States Foreign Relations.

12/09/1931

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

It calls attention to the urgency of obedience to law by our citizens and to the imperative necessity for greater assumption and performance...

There are necessarily differences in views among its members.

It should stimulate the clarification of public mind and the advancement of public thought.

Knowing your public spirit I am most desirous that you should be a member of this committee.